located 30 miles northwest of Bouse in the McMullen Valley. The troops trained using a secret weapon invented by the British. Nicknamed “the Gizmo,” the device was a tank-mounted, 13-million-candlelight arc beam with shutters and colored filters – essentially a giant mobile strobe light – that would theoretically confuse the enemy during night attacks. The concept proved successful in training exercises, but Allied commanders couldn’t decide how to employ the weapon in combat. Consequently, Gizmos were used only to provide light for security and construction purposes. Camp Bouse was decommissioned in 1945; only scattered foundations bear testament to what may have been the military’s first attempt at a “shock and awe” campaign.

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